auto-updates

Paul W. Frields stickster at gmail.com
Fri Aug 7 16:29:00 UTC 2009


On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 09:05:04AM -0700, Alan Evans wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Paul W. Frields<stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
> > A note on the supposedly useless interface -- my question is, why do
> > people care so much about a progress bar anyway?  When I get an update
> > alert, I right-click, tell the system to install updates, and go about
> > my work.  I don't care what the download speed is, since there are
> > usually things I care about more like the activity I'm busy with
> > already.  When the updates are done, if it's important I'll get a
> > notifier about restarting my session or the system.
> 
> Because, on my relatively slow DSL connection at home, I'd like to
> know if updates are going to be finished downloading in a couple of
> minutes or a few hours. When I'm ready to shut my computer off but
> it's downloading updates, it's nice to know if I should just hang
> tight for a few minutes or go off to bed and turn the machine off in
> the morning.
> 
> There actually is value in knowing how long an unattended process is
> going to take.

I see your point, but when you're at the mercy of the mirror providing
the data, any estimate of time is difficult at best.  I suppose I tend
not to do an update right before I turn my machine off because I want
to observe the results.

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